Contemporary & Global Art

Introduction:
Banksy began his career as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, in Bristol's graffiti gang DryBreadZ Crew. Although his early work was largely freehand, Banksy used stencils on occasion. In the late '90s, he began using stencils predominantly. His work became more widely recognized around Bristol and in London, as his signature style developed.

Banksey

Body:

Consist of  12 sides

Summary:

Many artist uses a symbol of a rat in there in Their artwork.  Bensky uses the rat to symbolize many  things. Such as the rapid growth if the Population.  he said once himself “I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said, ‘That’s clever, it’s an anagram of art,’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.”Banksy began his career as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, in Bristol's located in the U.K. Banksy's work was largely freehand.The truth is no one really knows who banksy really. He does not what to reveal his identity because of the illegal nature of his work which consist of tagging cities all around the world like London, New York, San Francisco etc. One of his most famous masterpiece is called “the son of the migrant from syria.Banksy: "People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly."

Sources:

• http://www.erraticphenomena.com/2008/02/banksys-rat-appreciation.html
• http://http://www.biography.com/people/banksy-20883111#synopsisblog.saatchigallery.com/finding-banksy-london
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/books/banksy-the-man-behind-the-wall-by-will-ellsworth-jones.html?_r=0
• https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=who+is+banksy
• http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/banksy-mobile-lovers-sold-owner-of-youth-club-where-artwork-appeared-in-bristol-received-death-9695327.html
• http://www.stencilrevolution.com/profiles/about-banksy/

Muesum of modern art

surrealism art
 (Hallucinogenic Toreador)  
                Surrealism is a 20th-century  movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. The Hallucinogenic Toreador is an oil painting, painted by Salvador Dalí in 1970, following the canons of his particular interpretation of surrealist thought. It is currently being exhibited at the Salvador Dalí Museum. This painting is hard for anyone to depict but it is surreal art non the less. In this painting we see at the center of the canvas, the Venus’ green skirt a bullfighter’s tie. The middle figures left breast forms the bullfighter’s nose. The same red skirt is also the bullfighter’s cape hung over his shoulder. A cluster of dots and flies to the left of his tie becomes his sequined jacket. Daili basically took every aspect of a bull fighter to create this wonderful painting 




Dada art
(Marcel Duchamp’s Mona Lisa altered and titled L.H.O.O.Q. done 1919, in France)


Dada art   is based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values, it takes imagines and re-imaginings them. Making each artwork or sculpture unique in their own way. Take the famous image of Mono Lisa by repainting her but with a bread Marcel Duchamp can call his work Dada. He just intended to make an artwork something else by altering it a little. In this case he made this work into a Dada master piece by drawing a breaded on one of the most famous painting of all time. That is the basic principle of any Dada masterpiece taking something and re imagining it turning it into something else.

Post War Modern Movements

                                                                    Ai Weiwei

 Ai Weiwei is an Chinese was born in Beijing,China  in 1957. He is not an ordinary artist who uses canvases. Ai Weiwei uses objects to create unique sculptures. Ai takes everyday objects and turns it into something beautiful.   

 Take this vase for instance ai took an ancient vase he and wrote the words coca cola. It could be symbolized as bringing an ld object form the old world and redesigning it to make it look like it belongs in the present.

 This is another one of Ai Weiwe art work. It can be viewed as an re-imaging of 3-d objects. In his sculpture he uses bikes that he fused together to make the sculpture look like the way it does. Ai is a very inspirational artist in that he take old everyday objects and turns it into something new and wonderful.

Dada Artwork

Between World Wars

geopoliticus child watching the birth of the new man 

by salvador dali (1943)

           Dada art was an art style that was creeated between world war 1 and world war 2. The art work sen above is called "Geopolitics child watching birth of new man" which was created by salvador dali in 1943. This painting is considered dad because it shows a deformed earth giving birth to man. We see a human like figure coming out of the earth which can symbolize the birth of man. We also see what looks like blood coming out at the bottom of the earth on a white blanket, this could symbolize how man is damaging earth.  the human outside of the earth can symbloize ho some human stand by has they see others damage earth. As you can see this is why this is called Dada art.

"Going Home" by Jacob Lawrence

                    Jacob Lawrence was an African American artist who is known to use the art style of Dada to portray the average African American life. Jacob was influence by the oppression colored people was feeling at the time, that is why he mostly painted African america in his art. The art work above shows one of Jacob Lawrence work called "Going Home". He used dark colors to pray what looks like African Americans on a bus or tray heading somewhere. We can also see what looks like luggage being stored on top. He uses triangular shapes to proytray the people and blue squares to show the windows. Jacob Lawrence was an  proud African american who did not shy away with using colored people in his artworks.

Late 18th and 19th Century Art

Late 18th and 19th Century Art

               During the late 18th century it was a time when technology started to advance at a fast pace, during this time their was a lot of social changes that occurred,  post Impressionism is an art form that came out during this time.  This art form uses vivid colors to paint real life objects.  Post impressionism differs form impressionism mainly because post impressionism uses unusual color and  and unnatural geometric shapes.  Some Artists of that time period are Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh. Almost all painting at this time painted were painted with oil paints.  The painting on the left is called the "Starry Night". It was pained by Vincent Van Gogh in the 19th century. In this painting he uses a mixture of yellow, blue and back to paint geometric shapes to portray the night, a castle and a village below. 18th century art was called rococo, It first appered in the early 18th century in Paris.  Racoco art was a more realist approach to art. The art work on the left was created by Jean Antoine Watteau. It showed a couple dancing while a man plays a guitar, the painting looks real and symbolizes an event. As you can see these are some art styles that were part of the late 18th and 19th century.,

Renaissance & Baroque

 

Mars and Venus United by Love

Artist: Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
 (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice)
Date: 1570s




The name of this art work is titled Mars and Venus by love. It was created by Paolo Veroenese around 1570. ( The exact time of that the painting was created is unknown). The painting shows Mars the man with the armor unifying his love for the women on the left named venous. In the painting we see cupid who portrayed by the little bay with the wings. Hes tying what seems like a pink rage around both Venus and Mars legs as a sign of love.  In the painting we also see lush tress which good symbolize good health. Furthermore we see a horse in the background. We can see the muscle fibers on the horse, thus the horse can symbolize strength. Also we see another cupid in the background holding a sword cross way, that could symbolize defense probably from the evil looking statue at the back. We can tell that the statue is evil just by looking at its face. Further more we see Venus holding her breast which can symbolize fertility. This painting has vivid colors and textures. Such as Venus being painted in lighter colors.We can tell by the colors that is was painted with oil paint . We also see that the artist used scale in his painting to depict that something is Thur away. For instance the horse and the other cupid was painted smaller to make it seem that they were further away. Mars and Venus Untied by Love was create d by Paolo Veronese in Northern Italy during the Renaissance.

The Companions of Rinaldo

     
Artist: Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
Date: ca. 1633   

The Compaionsof Rinaldo was created by Nicolas Poussin Around 1633 during the middle of the Baroque period in Europe. In this painting we see 2 Roman soldiers fighting a small dragon. These soldiers are from different parts of the Roman army. Although they are dressed the same there colors symbolize which branch of the army they are from. The blue color probably symbolize a honor guard which guards the king. The yellow color solider symbolizes the council guard. The dragon problem symbolize a foreign danger to the kingdom where both the king and the council are fighting. We also see a maiden in a boat which can also symbolize Rome conquering new land. This is also an oil painting, But it differs greatly form Renaissance painting. we see this in the artist use of darker colors and my darker plain background. and a cloudy sky. The artist also used scale to make objects seem further away. For instance the women and the boat were drawn smaller to look like they where further away. As you can see this is an example of baroque art which symbolize Roman power during that time period. The Companions of Reinaldo differ greatly from the art work during the Renaissance we see this by darker colors portraying a darker feel towards the painting.